Give liberally. Go urgently. Live dangerously.

The gospel does not prompt you to mere reflection; the gospel requires a response. In the process of hearing Jesus, you are compelled to take an honest look at your life, your family, and your church and not just ask, 'What is he saying?' but also ask, 'What shall I do?'

The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.

Why not begin operating under the idea that God has given us excess, not so we could have more, but so we could give more?

We assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.

God really is in the business of blessing his people in unusual ways so his goodness and his greatness will be declared among all peoples.

Somewhere along the way we have subtly and tragically taken the costly command of Christ to go, baptize, and teach all nations and mutated it into a comfortable call for Christians to come, be baptized, and listen in one location.